Today we had quite a bit on, starting with the Plane's party at Toys R Us where there were at least another 100 kids. Nathan had the morning off so he came to this event and to say that he was overwhelmed and over it would have been an understatement. Still he did really well waiting in line for at least half an hour for Maddie's face paint, and he had a great time in the photo booth with her.
After leaving Majura park we went over to Floriade to try get nightfest tickets with the Canberra Milk labels that Judy gave to Nathan yesterday. Unfortunately, after getting through the traffic, then the cranky traffic controllers we found out that the booth to get the tickets was actually closed, and it was the only place that you could use your tokens. As the booth opened at 4 Nathan had to run out to get the tickets while Maddie and I rested before we headed out for a late night.
NightFest should be renamed Moth-Fest as that is what it was, there were moths everywhere and you couldn't avoid them easily. The gardens looked totally different at night and the entertainments was pretty good once you got through all the queues, but there really wasn't all that many options for dinner, or non alcoholic drinks. Simon may have ruined fairy floss on a stick for me when he mentioned how easily a moth would get stuck in there. His hilarity had me dry heaving at the thought and definitely not having fairy floss of a night time, on a stick or in a bag.
The laser show was awesome, but totally freaked me out that you can't really see what is going on in there with other people, so I pretty much put my head down and pushed my way out to the other side to wait on Nathan and Simon who really loved that part. Maddie and Grace had an awesome time on the jumping castle and tea cups, making up their own little chant and giggling with each other for the whole tea cup ride. I will have to bring Maddie back next week during the day so that she can have a better look at all the gardens and hopefully if it is quiet enough we will have a go on the ferris wheel.
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